Patents by Inventor Yuecheng Shen

Yuecheng Shen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230301515
    Abstract: An optical measurement system comprising an optical source configured for delivering sample light in an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, an optical detector configured for detecting the physiological-encoded signal light, and a processor configured for acquiring a TOF profile derived from the physiological-encoded signal light, the initial TOF profile having an initial contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between a plurality of states of a physiological activity in the anatomical structure. The processor is further configured for applying one or more weighting functions to the initial TOF profile to generate a weighted TOF profile having a subsequent CNR greater than the initial CNR between the plurality of states of the physiological activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Jamu Alford, Adam Marblestone, Ivo Vellekoop, Daniel Sobek, Michael Henninger, Brian Robinson, Yuecheng Shen, Roarke Horstmeyer
  • Patent number: 11547303
    Abstract: An optical source sweeps a source light over an optical wavelength range. An interferometer splits the source light into sample light and reference light, delivers the sample light into an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, and combines the signal light and the reference light into an interference light pattern having an array of spatial components and a plurality of oscillation frequency components. An optical detector array detects intensity values of the array of spatial components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Haowen Ruan, Adam Marblestone, Roarke Horstmeyer, Yuecheng Shen, Haojiang Zhou, Jamu Alford
  • Patent number: 11490817
    Abstract: A non-invasive optical measurement system comprises a two-dimensional array of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) mechanically coupled to each other. Each PIC is configured for emitting sample light into an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure. Each PIC is further configured for detecting the signal light. The non-invasive optical measurement system further comprises processing circuitry configured for analyzing the detected signal light from each of the PICs, and based on this analysis, determining an occurrence and a three-dimensional spatial location of the physiological event in the anatomical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Roarke Horstmeyer, Haojiang Zhou, Haowen Ruan, Yuecheng Shen, Jamu Alford
  • Patent number: 11471326
    Abstract: A device for irradiating ocular tissue, including a source of electromagnetic radiation; a beacon scattering the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through an opacity in ocular tissue so as to form scattered electromagnetic radiation; a modulator transmitting output electromagnetic radiation having a field determined from a recording of the scattered electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the opacity, so that the output electromagnetic radiation is transmitted through the opacity to the beacon. The device can be used to treat amblyopia or correct optical aberrations in corneal or lens tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Lihong Wang, Frank L. Brodie, Yuecheng Shen, Yan Liu, Haowen Ruan
  • Patent number: 11412930
    Abstract: An optical measurement system comprising an optical source configured for delivering sample light in an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, an optical detector configured for detecting the physiological-encoded signal light, and a processor configured for acquiring a TOF profile derived from the physiological-encoded signal light, the initial TOF profile having an initial contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between a plurality of states of a physiological activity in the anatomical structure. The processor is further configured for applying one or more weighting functions to the initial TOF profile to generate a weighted TOF profile having a subsequent CNR greater than the initial CNR between the plurality of states of the physiological activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Jamu Alford, Adam Marblestone, Ivo Vellekoop, Daniel Sobek, Michael Henninger, Brian Robinson, Yuecheng Shen, Roarke Horstmeyer
  • Patent number: 11213245
    Abstract: A system includes an assembly, a pinhole array, and a processor. The assembly includes a K by L photodetector array comprising a plurality of photodetectors and configured to detect light that exits a body at a second location after the light enters the body at a first location different than the second location and scatters within the body, and output a plurality of electronic signals representative of the detected light as a function of time. The pinhole array has a K by L array of pinholes configured to be aligned with the photodetectors and is configured to allow a certain amount of light to be incident upon each of the photodetectors. The processor is configured to generate a correlation map that includes a plurality of spatiotemporal correlation measure values corresponding to the light detected by the photodetector array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Roarke Horstmeyer, Haojiang Zhou, Yuecheng Shen, Haowen Ruan
  • Patent number: 11213206
    Abstract: An exemplary non-invasive measurement system includes a single-photon counting camera and a processor. The single-photon counting camera includes an array of SPAD detectors configured to detect, during a sequence of gated time intervals, coherent continuous light that exits a body after the light enters and scatters within the body, and output a plurality of electronic signals representative of the detected light. The processor is configured to generate, based on the electronic signals, a sequence of speckle pattern image frames corresponding to the gated time intervals. Other exemplary non-invasive measurement systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Haowen Ruan, Haojiang Zhou, Yuecheng Shen, Roarke Horstmeyer
  • Patent number: 11096585
    Abstract: A non-invasive optical measurement system comprises an optical source for generating source light, and an interferometer for splitting the source light into sample light and reference light, delivering the sample light into an anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, and combining the signal light and the reference light into at least three phase-modulated interference light patterns. The optical path lengths of the respective source light and sample light match within a coherence length of the source light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Haojiang Zhou, Roarke Horstmeyer, Haowen Ruan, Yuecheng Shen, Jamu Alford
  • Publication number: 20200060542
    Abstract: An optical measurement system comprising an optical source configured for delivering sample light in an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, an optical detector configured for detecting the physiological-encoded signal light, and a processor configured for acquiring a TOF profile derived from the physiological-encoded signal light, the initial TOF profile having an initial contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between a plurality of states of a physiological activity in the anatomical structure. The processor is further configured for applying one or more weighting functions to the initial TOF profile to generate a weighted TOF profile having a subsequent CNR greater than the initial CNR between the plurality of states of the physiological activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Jamu Alford, Adam Marblestone, Ivo Vellekoop, Daniel Sobek, Michael Henninger, Brian Robinson, Yuecheng Shen, Roarke Horstmeyer
  • Publication number: 20200022578
    Abstract: An exemplary non-invasive measurement system includes a single-photon counting camera and a processor. The single-photon counting camera includes an array of SPAD detectors configured to detect, during a sequence of gated time intervals, coherent continuous light that exits a body after the light enters and scatters within the body, and output a plurality of electronic signals representative of the detected light. The processor is configured to generate, based on the electronic signals, a sequence of speckle pattern image frames corresponding to the gated time intervals. Other exemplary non-invasive measurement systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Haowen Ruan, Haojiang Zhou, Yuecheng Shen, Roarke Horstmeyer
  • Publication number: 20190388018
    Abstract: A system includes an assembly, a pinhole array, and a processor. The assembly includes a K by L photodetector array comprising a plurality of photodetectors and configured to detect light that exits a body at a second location after the light enters the body at a first location different than the second location and scatters within the body, and output a plurality of electronic signals representative of the detected light as a function of time. The pinhole array has a K by L array of pinholes configured to be aligned with the photodetectors and is configured to allow a certain amount of light to be incident upon each of the photodetectors. The processor is configured to generate a correlation map that includes a plurality of spatiotemporal correlation measure values corresponding to the light detected by the photodetector array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Roarke Horstmeyer, Haojiang Zhou, Yuecheng Shen, Haowen Ruan
  • Publication number: 20190336060
    Abstract: An optical measurement system comprises an optical source configured for generating source light having an optical wavelength spectrum. The optical measurement system compises an interferometer configured for splitting the source light into sample light and reference light. The interferometer is further configured for delivering the sample light into an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure. The interferometer is further configured for combining the signal light and the reference light into interference light having the optical wavelength spectrum encoded with depths of the anatomical structure. The optical measurement system further comprises a dispersive spectrometer configured for generating an optical wavelength spectrum-intensity profile from the interference light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Yuecheng Shen, Haowen Ruan, Roarke Horstmeyer, Haojiang Zhou, Jamu Alford
  • Publication number: 20190336007
    Abstract: An optical source sweeps a source light over an optical wavelength range. An interferometer splits the source light into sample light and reference light, delivers the sample light into an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, and combines the signal light and the reference light into an interference light pattern having an array of spatial components and a plurality of oscillation frequency components. An optical detector array detects intensity values of the array of spatial components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Haowen Ruan, Adam Marblestone, Roarke Horstmeyer, Yuecheng Shen, Haojiang Zhou, Jamu Alford
  • Publication number: 20190336006
    Abstract: A non-invasive optical measurement system comprises a two-dimensional array of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) mechanically coupled to each other. Each PIC is configured for emitting sample light into an anatomical structure, such that the sample light is scattered by the anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure. Each PIC is further configured for detecting the signal light. The non-invasive optical measurement system further comprises processing circuitry configured for analyzing the detected signal light from each of the PICs, and based on this analysis, determining an occurrence and a three-dimensional spatial location of the physiological event in the anatomical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Roarke Horstmeyer, Haojiang Zhou, Haowen Ruan, Yuecheng Shen, Jamu Alford
  • Publication number: 20190336001
    Abstract: A non-invasive optical measurement system comprises an optical source for generating source light, and an interferometer for splitting the source light into sample light and reference light, delivering the sample light into an anatomical structure, resulting in physiological-encoded signal light that exits the anatomical structure, and combining the signal light and the reference light into at least three phase-modulated interference light patterns. The optical path lengths of the respective source light and sample light match within a coherence length of the source light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: HI LLC
    Inventors: Haojiang Zhou, Roarke Horstmeyer, Haowen Ruan, Yuecheng Shen, Jamu Alford
  • Patent number: 10420498
    Abstract: A system includes a photodetector array and a processor. The photodetector array includes a plurality of photodetectors and is configured to detect light that exits a body and output a plurality of electronic signals representative of the detected light as a function of time. The processor is configured to sample the electronic signals output by the photodetector array at a plurality of delay times during a predetermined time period to generate a sequence of frames, apply a plurality of temporal-based and spatial-based correlation measurement operations to sample values in each of the frames, generate, based on the application of the temporal-based and spatial-based correlation measurement operations to the sample values in each of the frames, a plurality of spatiotemporal correlation measure values for the light detected by the photodetector array, and include the plurality of spatiotemporal correlation measure values in a correlation map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HI LLC
    Inventors: Roarke Horstmeyer, Haojiang Zhou, Yuecheng Shen, Haowen Ruan
  • Publication number: 20190125583
    Abstract: A device for irradiating ocular tissue, including a source of electromagnetic radiation; a beacon scattering the electromagnetic radiation transmitted through an opacity in ocular tissue so as to form scattered electromagnetic radiation; a modulator transmitting output electromagnetic radiation having a field determined from a recording of the scattered electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the opacity, so that the output electromagnetic radiation is transmitted through the opacity to the beacon. The device can be used to treat amblyopia or correct optical aberrations in corneal or lens tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Lihong Wang, Frank L. Brodie, Yuecheng Shen, Yan Liu, Haowen Ruan
  • Patent number: 9448460
    Abstract: A system for imaging an object is provided. The system includes a light source configured to emit light having a predetermined wavelength towards the object. The system further includes a metalens including a metallic film having a plurality of slits defined therethrough, the plurality of slits having a width a and a periodicity d that are both less than the predetermined wavelength, wherein the object is positioned between the light source and the metalens. The system further includes a detector configured to acquire measurements indicative of light transmitted through the metalens, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the detector and configured to reconstruct an image of the object based on the acquired measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung-Tsung Shen, Yuecheng Shen, Lihong Wang
  • Publication number: 20160161826
    Abstract: A system for imaging an object is provided. The system includes a light source configured to emit light having a predetermined wavelength towards the object. The system further includes a metalens including a metallic film having a plurality of slits defined therethrough, the plurality of slits having a width a and a periodicity d that are both less than the predetermined wavelength, wherein the object is positioned between the light source and the metalens. The system further includes a detector configured to acquire measurements indicative of light transmitted through the metalens, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the detector and configured to reconstruct an image of the object based on the acquired measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Jung-Tsung Shen, Yuecheng Shen, Lihong Wang
  • Patent number: 9298060
    Abstract: A system for imaging an object is provided. The system includes a light source configured to emit light having a predetermined wavelength towards the object. The system further includes a metalens including a metallic film having a plurality of slits defined therethrough, the plurality of slits having a width a and a periodicity d that are both less than the predetermined wavelength, wherein the object is positioned between the light source and the metalens. The system further includes a detector configured to acquire measurements indicative of light transmitted through the metalens, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the detector and configured to reconstruct an image of the object based on the acquired measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung-Tsung Shen, Yuecheng Shen, Lihong Wang